Found 2 items, similar to disabuse.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: disabuse
disabuse
v : free somebody (from an erroneous belief)
English → English (gcide)
Definition: disabuse
disabuse
\dis`a*buse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Disabused; p. pr.
& vb. n.
Disabusing.] [Pref. dis- + abuse; cf. F.
d['e]sabuser.]
To set free from mistakes; to undeceive; to disengage from
fallacy or deception; to set right; -- often used with of;
as, to disabuse one of his illusions.
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To undeceive and disabuse the people. --South.
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If men are now sufficiently enlightened to disabuse
themselves or artifice, hypocrisy, and superstition,
they will consider this event as an era in their
history. --J. Adams.
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